Tech Preview: Nine Gadget Reveals Live from CES

Tonight was CES Unveiled, the first real hands-on time for the press at the yearly gadget-fest. It's the night before the official press day, which is traditionally when smaller, innovative little companies show off upcoming products before the storm of announcements from the big companies. Here are PM's highlights from the first wave.

Lenovo K91

Lenovo K91

The Lenovo K91 might just be the smartest smart TV yet. Running a custom-skinned version of Android 4.0, the 55" set will stream video on demand, share multimedia with Lenovo tablets and smartphones (of course), and offer a host of games from a Lenovo-approved Android market, playable via included gamepad or gyroscope-equipped remote. Then it adds voice recognition and an integrated 5MP webcam for good measure. The K91 is will arrive in Chinese living rooms this April, though stateside plans remain undecided.

Kivic One

Kivic One

The Kivic One pitches itself as a small and simple AirPlay device for the car—streaming audio and video from iPhones and iPads to the device (which should launch in March and cost about $200), which can patch into standard A/V inputs in the vehicle. But that marketing pitch actually short sells the device a bit. It's a universal AirPlay interface with a variety of outputs (including HDMI), so while the pocket-sized interface is, indeed, small enough to stash away under a vehicle dash, there's no good reason why it shouldn't work for your home theater as well.